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The battle between and the co-executors of her late father 's estate continued in for a legal hearing on Wednesday, with both sides digging in amid the courtroom clash.
Paris, 27, in legal docs challenged the spending habits and business judgment of co-executors John Branca and John McClain, who her representatives said have mismanaged the Jackson family funds, and given massive gifts to their friends.
But representatives for the executors point to 'historic success' for the late Thriller singer's estate - and claim Branca and McClain navigated it toward generating 'billions of dollars for Michael’s children ... for the last 16 plus years' in a statement to the Daily Mail.
A source close to Paris - whose - told Daily Mail in a statement that Paris and her camp 'feel good about how [Wednesday's hearing] went.'
Said the source, 'Paris spent yesterday in court as her legal team raised fact after fact that proved the executors were failing to meet their fundamental obligation to be transparent and accountable.
'We think these unacceptable six-figure bonus payments are just the tip of the iceberg.'
Paris Jackson called into question the spending habits and business judgment of Michael Jackson estate co-executors John Branca and John McClain during a legal hearing she attended in Los Angeles Wednesday. Pictured Wednesday evening in LA
A source close to Paris said of Wednesday's hearing, 'It was contentious at times - these cases always are - but the facts are on our side.'
Jackson had kept a low profile in the years before his 2009 death, ahead of a planned comeback with a series of shows in London at the O2 Arena. Pictured in March 2009 in London
Police cars blocked the entrance at the Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner where the body of the late Michael Jackson was taken following his death on June 25, 2009
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Blanket, Paris and Prince and Prince Michael Jackson were pictured at their late father's July 7, 2009 memorial at Staples Center in LA
Jackson's family, including his three children - who had not been seen publicly without masks on prior to that time - were on hand for a highly-viewed July 7, 2009 memorial at the Crypto.com Arena (then known as the Staples Center) in Los Angeles.
